Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.
Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post
some
photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me.
Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
I
usually run with a theme. This week I am returning to my interests/passions/obsession with the garden, birds and skyscapes. You will notice that in an economical move sometimes I combine one or more of these obsessions in the same photo.
I am not a minimalist in the garden (or anywhere else) and delight in mass plantings. Just the same I also notice and celebrate individual beauties.
Now to skyscapes.
And then to visiting birds.
Thank you for all your words of sympathy about Jazz. He had a shocking day on Tuesday, which culminated with me (long story) inadvertently taking his medication. I should add that he didn't take mine and was given (and deigned to consume) replacement tablets. He has we hope turned the corner again.
I hope your weeks are filled with beauty and joy. And, for those that celebrate it Happy Halloween.
You took Jazz's medication? I hope that turned out okay.
ReplyDeleteI want all those birds to visit my garden, I'm bored of magpies and pigeons.
LL Cool Joe: The medication glitch seems to have worked out fine. Jazz had his tablets and I seem to have no ill effects. We get pigeons and magpies too (our magpies are different to yours). I welcome them all. Though I do wish that they were a little more continent.
DeleteYou took Jazz's medication... ... ... I'm so sorry, but I laughed and laughed and laughed some more until tears leaked from my eyes. I had this mental picture of you turning catlike, grooming yourself with a rough tongue. Ah well, I'm over it now.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that Jazz has soldiered back again. Hugs and scritches to His Furriness.
All of your photos are beautiful as always but my favorites are of the crimson rosella! Such gorgeous markings on its wing!!
I hope the coming week is kinder to you than last. Ginormous hugs to you.
River Fairchild: How I would love to be supple enough to groom myself as a cat does. As it stands I would be filthy very quickly.
DeleteAren't the crimson rosellas lovely? They have quite a piercing shriek though ( like so many of our birds).
Haha, I had a li'l vision of her too, becoming a cat. Meeeooow.
Deleteneena maiya (guyana gyal): Some people would tell you I am already a cat...
DeleteI'm trying not to repeat comments but, you took............
ReplyDeleteI bet Jazz wasn't laughing. Is he still talking to you? lol... Poor Jazz.
This is hilarious. I can't help but laugh. I feel sorry for laughing and I hope that you didn't had adverse effects from switching the medication. It could have been serious.
Thanks for sharing beautiful photos and like River Fairchild, my favorite is the Crimson Rosella. I'm so jealous. What a beauty.
Hugs, Julia
Julia: Jazz didn't notice the medication mix up, and I had no ill effects. I am glad that you like the crimson beauty. We do too.
DeleteFabulous the flowers, and the Crimson Rosellas, BEAUTY BEAUTTY BEAUTY.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: Thank you. It IS a beauty isn't it?
DeleteI love every photo but do please tell me that you and cat are okay?? That crimson rosella has stolen my heart!
ReplyDeletee: Thank you. Jazz didn't notice. We will have to get his medication prescription filled a little earlier - but that is our concern not his. Medication designed for a cat's weight doesn't seem to have impacted on me at all.
DeleteEvery evening I get out my meds and Lucy the cat's meds at the same time so I won't forget either. It has been a fear of mine that I might do . . . exactly what you did :D I do hope you had no side effects.
ReplyDeleteThose crimson rosellas are stunning! I'm glad you give them a wing up by feeding them directly. It must be wonderful to feel their weight on your feeding hand.
And, as you know, I love the changing skies so I enjoyed your photos of those, along with the beauty of your garden and the birds. I hope you have a good week, dear friend.
jenny_o: I am glad that you can understand how it happened. I was tired and not thinking well (or at all?). No side effects.
DeleteThe crimson rosellas and the king parrots both circumvent the feeders and get their food at the source. Which can be challenging when they arrive together...
Wow those crimson rosellas are stunning. I hope you did not come to any harm taking Jazz's medication. That sounds rather shoching to me!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): Thank you. I am fine, but still mentally kicking myself for my inattention. It would have been MUCH more serious if I had given Jazz my medication.
DeleteYou made me look up a word. Deigned? It sounds like it describes Jazz purrrfectly. So with the medication mix up, are you going around scratching people now?
ReplyDeleteMike: Deigned describes many cats. Many, many cats. I am scratching people no more than usual, I don't crave raw meat and I am not supple enough to wash myself as a cat does.
DeleteBuona serata e felice domenica.
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: Thank you. And to you.
DeleteOh! My! What a mix-up with the medications! If you start miaowing. clawing the sofa, and purring you'll know they are working!!! Seriously, though, EC...I hope you're are okay...and I hope, too, that Jazz is okay.
ReplyDeleteI also hope the week ahead is a better one for you, and for Jazz (and for me!)...take good care...cuddles to Jazz.
Lee: Thank you. Jazz and I are fine. He scared me (again) this morning but has come good.
DeleteI hope ALL of our weeks are better.
Your garden is in its spring glory. Lots of parrots around to distract from naughtiness with the offer of some food. The grooming corellas are lovely.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: Our garden is predominantly a spring garden. I think that is because autumn and winter (when the preparation needs to be done) are my best times. The corellas were lovely. Really, really lovely. And now there is a crimson rosella indicating it needs breakfast. I hear and obey.
DeleteI didn't read about Jazz so I'll go see what I missed. But I am pleased to hear he has turned the corner. Love your flowers, skies, and birds. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteDJan: Fingers crossed he has turned the corner. Poor Jazz has not one but two chronic conditions now. And thank you for enjoying my obsessions with me.
DeleteI'm glad nothing bad happened to either of you with the medication mix up! :)
ReplyDeleteI like the flowers but the birds are my favourite part of this post - they are so pretty! My son wishes that he could get as up close with the rainbow lorikeets that visit to enjoy the neighbours trees in spring, but they are very wary of such loud children and stay up safely in the tree, haha!
Hope that you are having a wonderful weekend :) We are enjoying our long weekend, with a beach day Friday, playdate and carnival yesterday.
Away From The Blue
Mica: The birds are lovely. We get rainbow lorikeets visiting too, but (so far) they give us a wide berth. They are bullies and successfully challenge other birds for the feeder.
DeleteEnjoy your long weekend.
The flowers and skyscapes took my breath away and the bird shots warmed my heart:)
ReplyDeleteYou took his medication? Okay, you need to explain this one.
Hugs
Sandra Cox: Hand feeding the birds is SUCH a privilege. I took Jazz's medication because I was tired, brain dead, and not paying sufficient attention to what I was doing. My bad.
DeleteA great array of beautiful birds, flowers and skies... the corellas grooming each other are lovely, and so are the rosellas. That's good news about Jazz; I hope he continues to improve. Our little Manu is nearing the end, I fear - I shall take him to our lovely vet soon to see what she says about his health and prospects. At 16 he is very deaf and, we think, pretty near blind. He has a good appetite and still loves the idea of going for a walk every day, but slows down a short while into the walk.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are well, EC, and enjoying some relatively cool weather.
Alexia: I feel you for an Manu - though it sounds as if he is still enjoying his life, diminished though it is. Fingers crossed for the Jazzman. And thank you.
DeleteJust re-reading Erasmus of Rotterdam's "In Praise of Folly", your mishap, as it had no harmful consequences offered me another smile.
ReplyDeleteAnd your photos? A pleasure for my eyes.
The peace of the night.
Sean Jeating: Smiling at my stupidity is fine. And thank you. Sleep well.
DeleteYour changing skies are beautiful. As are your flowers and birds. Jazz, of course, is a cat of a different color. May he continue to improve while retaining he blackness.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: Jazz is black furred and black hearted. And much loved.
DeleteMe gustaron las fotografías de flores y los bello cielos. Te mando un beso
ReplyDeleteJ.P. Alexander: Thank you - have a wonderful weekend.
DeleteYour photos are so beautiful! As for Jazz, i pray all is well. And i can see getting the meds ready for yourself and the cat and then getting distracted by a husband or cat or bird, and then coming back and realizing a mistake has occurred...
ReplyDeletemessymimi: That is pretty much what happened. Jazz was refusing to take his tablets and I put them to one side. Then it was time for my medication. I got them out of their packaging, and got something out of the fridge to wash them down. And washed down the wrong tablets. Which I didn't realise till I was trying to give Jazz HIS tablets a little later.
Deleteyou've been a good virtual friend to me and I appreciate your support
ReplyDeleteLinda Starr: It has been a pleasure. Are you ok?
DeleteI don't think I have seen many all-white birds, closet I have seen are the sulphure crested cockatoo. The crimson rosellas are treat for me. All those different colours in one bird, only Nature or the Almighty (? if one believes? can jumble the riot of colours without creating disaster! Ixias are lovely with the dark centres and pops of yellow. I have learnt so much about flowers and birds that I have never heard of from your posts so your posts are pretty educational tooooo!
ReplyDeletekestrel: We have several all white birds and multitudes of coloured ones. I am not a believer but am very, very grateful to see them. The ixias come in other lovely colours too. I may 'have' to get more next year.
DeleteWhat happened to Jazz? Is he ok now? Poor old fella. Poor you, taking his meds. Your flowers are so gorgeous. The crimson rosellas are so beautiful, why are they so low on the pecking order? Are they too polite? I'm glad they have you hand feeding them.
ReplyDeleteStrayer: We are pretty sure Jazz has had a flare up of his pancreatitis. Which makes him truly uncomfortable and tends to mean that he stops eating and drinking. We have (I think/hope) got him back into a routine. Time will tell.
DeleteThe crimson rosellas are quite small and not nearly as aggressive as some of the other birds - which means that they miss out. Unless they get clever.
Did you realise you took Jazz's medication the moment it went down?
ReplyDeleteYour photos are a delight again
kylie: Nope. I only realised I had done it when I went to try and give him his medication again. The pills I had ready for him were NOT his. Oops. And thank you.
DeleteBeautiful Sunday selections, you must have a fabulous camera and to get the colours like that, wow, just gorgeous.l xx
ReplyDeleteaussie aNNie: Thank you. My point and shoot camera has been kind to me.
DeleteLiving in the same area as you, I love to look at your garden and bird photos. It has been a good spring for iris plants - yours are wonderful. My Indian bean trees are coming into green leaf, the colour of summer, and I await with excitement to see the flowers.
ReplyDeleteWe are so lucky to live here.
I have a huge weeds as a result of all the rain and I am trying to dig them out as I refuse to spray. I shall need help as my physical strength is not what it was. Interestingly, gardening ads are all about what I call "yard management" with machines (leaf blowers, mowers, whipper snippers, electrical hedge trimmers,sprayers et al) where is old fashioned weeding?
What an absolutely beautiful day it is this Sunday.
Sue: It has been an excellent year for the garden - and the weeds hasn't it? And I agree about being lucky to live here. I really like our city.
DeleteI too refuse to use sprays. And don't use machines either. As a consequence the garden often gets away from me. I have been weeding and weeding and there is MUCH more to be done.
First, I am SO sorry to read about Jazz. I hope he is improving nicely and you aren't feeling the need to lie down and have your belly rubbed.
ReplyDeleteI love your orchids. They don't bloom here, and I was surprised they bloom endlessly in your gorgeous garden. You have a marvelous amount of them, too. Here in the states they are SO expensive, and yours grow wild in your garden. Amazing.
I think the birds are all adorable. I certainly see emotion in these birds and you captured them perfectly through your lens.
Your sky shots are stunning. I'm super impressed with the way to capture the changing clouds around your home.
Please take care of both yourself and Jazz, dear. I can tell he means SO much to you.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth: Orchids are expensive here too. Fortunately cymbidiums (and the Burmese orchid) like our climate and bloom happily in the garden. I am not good with indoor plants.
DeleteJazz, despite often channeling the psycho cat from hell, does mean a lot to us. I hope we have got him through this latest flare up but am watching anxiously.
Isn't that corella couple lovely? I delight in them. Always.
I am so sorry to hear about Jazz and hope you didn't suffer any ill effects from taking his medication.
ReplyDeleteI am very jealous that you have upright ixias. I even tried tying mine to supports but they still flopped over. I gave up on them along with all the others that insisted on laying down so as not to be seen. Your alstromerias are looking good and those beautiful daisy(?) varieties in pics 2-5 are gorgeous.
I always like to see birds grooming and otherwise communicating with each other :)
River: I had no effects (fortunately) from taking Jazz's medication. Other than repeatedly slapping myself for my inattention.
DeleteOur ixias usually lie down too but this year they are upright in a lot of the garden. More water?
As you know we spend a lot of time watching the birds. Time which I consider well spent.
The parrots are a delight to see.
ReplyDeleteGardens always look more spectular with mass plantings if room, not always possible. The flowers are pretty as flowers usually are.
Margaret D: Ours is quite a big garden (too big for me if the truth be told). There IS room for mass plantings. Which is lovely.
DeleteSo glad the med mixup did not real harm. I would likely do the same thing. I adore the bird pictures. If I had those gorgeous birds at my house, I could not stop watching them. All your photos are outstanding, but I really love the birds. Stay well and safe this week.
ReplyDeleteGlenda Beall: We do spend an immense amount of time watching the birds. We now recognise (and welcome) some individual birds.
DeleteYou stay safe and well too - and happy belated birthday.
I'm glad you survived that--- We have idiots purposely taking pills meant for horses. Another issue caused by a 90-something Australian escapee who is married to Mick Jagger's ex girlfriend. Rupert is the bane of our existence. Life is strange. I love your flowers and I love your birds. And I love seeing your Sunday selections on Saturday night.
ReplyDeleteBill: Rupert is not one of our proudest exports. He does damage here too. Believe me I didn't take Jazz's medication on purpose - and am very glad that he (and his medication) are not horse sized.
DeleteHi EC - well quite frankly I'm pleased Jazz is of Jazz size and not a panther ... then the medication might have been distinctly more affective ... at least Jazz is sleek and thin ... so his dose didn't do too much damage. Good story line for a murder mystery perhaps - not yours though, I sincerely hope and wasn't intending to imply. I'm quite certain Jazz sticks around so he can join in the mirth and amazement at his mistresses' brain funk - so easily done though.
ReplyDeleteI love the photos - it all looks so fresh ... as Spring should be ... the first one is the most delightful - as a foul day dawns here - grey and wet. I'll be thinking of those light blue skies under which the bed of lilies blooms ... while the Corellas and parrots keep us avianly happy. Cheers and take care - Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher: Much as I adore panthers I am glad Jazz is not one. He spikes me often to get my attention. I bleed now, but don't risk bleeding out. And yes, I am quite certain he spends a lot of time laughing at me. Rightly so.
DeleteI hope that your foul grey day disappears. Take care.
Dear EC
ReplyDeleteThese things happen - glad to hear there were no after effects!
Beautiful photos of flora and fauna. I particualrly like the crimson rosellas - what gorgeous colours!
Have a good week
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: The crimson rosella is always a welcome visitor. The young ones have an overlay of green (camouflague?) which is replaced by red and blue splendour.
DeleteLate again!
ReplyDeleteIn the pic immediately after the Peruvian lilies...I thought you'd been down to the coast.
dinahmow: Going back again I can see what you mean. Sadly no trips to the coast have happened - or are being planned.
DeleteYour obsessions are ones in which we all gladly share, Sue. In fact they are not obsessions, they are the staples of life.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: My staples, your staples - but not every ones. Their loss.
DeleteI love that fourth photo. Those beauties just capture one’s attention.
ReplyDeleteThe birds you feature always fascinate me. They must be delightful to watch!
I am glad that both you and Jazz have come through the latest incident okay. Take care, EC.
Marie Smith: Thank you. As soon as I saw a picture of those 'spoon' daisies I knew I had to have one. And now have several. It is lovely to see you well enough to comment again too.
DeleteWhat a gorgeous set of photos. I'm curious why you took Jazz's medication. Thanks for the exotic bird photos.
ReplyDeleteKalpana: Taking Jazz's medication wasn't intentional. Tiredness and inattention (and a smidge of stupidity). I do love our birds and can well understand that they are exotic to some (and grateful that they are regulars here).
DeleteI love your photos of the parrots!
ReplyDelete-Quinley
Quinley: Thank you. We love them too.
DeleteSo glad to hear Jazz has turned the corner again. He is a fighter. Hope all is well with you following the the mixup. I always love your flower and sky photos. I'm in awe of the birds eating from the cup in your hand. Take care and have a wonderful week my friend.
ReplyDeleteMason Canyon: Jazz is indeed a fighter. And today a happy fighter. The crimson rosella is eating from a seed bucket my partner is holding but I am very glad that he/she will also come to me.
DeleteEC, your flower pics are beautiful, but I really love seeing the birds. I would spend all my time outside watching them if such beauties came to my yard. As for Jazz, now I have to go back and see what was going on as I didn't have time to read many blogs last week. And really glad you didn't give Jazz your meds!!
ReplyDeleteRian: Thank you. Jazz has had a flare up (another one) of his pancreatitis. We hope he is largely over it now. And yes, giving Jazz my meds would have been dangerous.
DeleteI'm glad Jazz is alright.
ReplyDeleteI love the flower and bird pictures so much. So gorgeous.
Mary Kirkland: Thank you - we are glad too. Very glad.
DeleteI think you have the most beautiful garden with the most beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteI am also glad Jazz is well :)
mshatch: Thank you. When I have finished responding to comments I am going out to work in the garden. LOTS is needed - but it pays dividends.
DeleteSuch a display of colors. Beautiful garden and colorful flowers!
ReplyDeleteNas: Thank you.
DeleteHow I'd love to ramble through your garden - it's beautiful! And I'm amazed by your bird photos. Those crimson rosellas are stunning! :-)
ReplyDeleteDiane Henders: I don't consider myself a 'real' gardener but it is certainly a passion - and brings me joy. And yes to the crimson rosellas. We are so very lucky.
DeleteLovely post
ReplyDeleteashok: Thank you.
DeleteBirds and beautiful flowers. What more could one wish for on this dull wet morning here in Northern Ireland. So this has brightened my day. Thanks Sue. You have a wonderful garden full packed with interesting flowers. Have a great week ahead.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Birding For Pleasure: I hope your dull wet morning cleared - and thank you. You have a great week too.
DeleteAfter taking Jazz's medicine did you feel like a very good girl?
ReplyDeleteI hope that these days no one is saying animals do not have emotions. We have learned so much. Even chickens will come running to their favourite person.
Your photographs are simply genius. Love seeing spring flowers. We have another four months to go.
The Blog Fodder: Rather than a very good girl I felt like a very stupid girl. Which I was.
DeleteAnd a big yes on the subject of animal emotions. And despite the urban myth, goldfish have memories too.
I hope your spring is as beautiful as ours has been.
Son bellas las flores del jardín y en cuanto a las aves también me gustán bastante y me han encantado verlas en tus fotografías.
ReplyDeleteVENTANA DE FOTO: Thank you very much.
DeleteGorgeous photos ❤
ReplyDeleteKinga K.: And thank you too.
DeleteOh how lovely on this damp, foggy, cold day here as we lurch into Winter. Love every single one of your flowers.
ReplyDeleteWe have gannets here (among hundreds of other species of birds) and there is one cliff I go to where I watch those in couples as they spend nearly the whole day twining their necks around each other. It is incredible to watch. So I agree with you on birds being just as connected as other species.
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Wisewebwoman: I love the blooms too. And a big yes, about the joy watching birds connect with each other. The emotions they feel are so very evident.
DeleteOh my, you took your pet's meds? Wow! That is dangerous. But, you survived and that is the main thing. I just love those birds. They are so unusual and so colorful.
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: It would have been MUCH more dangerous if I had given Jazz my medication. Fortunately I didn't. I love our birds too, and am so grateful that they are daily visitors.
DeleteYour flowers aare always sooooo beautiful. I wish my yard could have such beauty, but alas I dont have a green thumb now do I enjoy gardening like you do. But....those birds. Those awesome birds. If my yard was visited by such beauty, I would be hanging out there all day just feeding my eyes such delightful candy. I do have pretty birds...blue jays, cardinals, finch, and so on. But Aussie birds beat out everythng else for beauty. Well.....maybe Costa Rica....;) Sigh...I wish I were a bird.
ReplyDeleteJ C: Much as I love our birds (and I do)I would LOVE to see some of your regular visitors. The grass is always greener... And yes, we do spend an incredible amount of time watching the birds, and don't begrudge a minute of it.
DeleteOh those beautiful birds, my mother would especially love living in a place like that.
ReplyDeleteHena Tayeb: We are lucky aren't we? Mind you, I am very sure that your mother sees birds that would fill me with delight.
DeleteThe flowers and the birds are so pretty. I like the crimson rosellas. I have never seen them before.
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: Thank you. We are lucky enough to see crimson rosellas most days - and sometime several times in a day.
DeleteHeipsan
ReplyDeleteParrots are wonderful, especially white one is cute.
You have wonderful season with flowers and colors.
Have a lovely week.
orvokki: I am a big, big fan of our visiting birds. There are several beauties outside now as I type.
DeleteBendita obsesión la que tienes; es más, si muchas personas estuviéramos obsesionadas con lo mismo que tu, el Mundo iría mejor, y la madre Naturaleza se sentiría satisfecha.
ReplyDeleteLa serie de imágenes que nos regalas hoy, son todas preciosas y de una ejecución insuperable.
Gracias por tu buen hacer, y te envío desde Sevilla un cordial saludo.
Manuel: Thank you. Mother Nature is THE best artist and her galleries are superb. And how I wish that more of us worked to preserve them. Have a truly wonderful week my friend.
DeleteAs I said before... when I am in need of color, I know where to go.
ReplyDeleteHave a pleasant week.
Caterina: What a lovely thing to say. Thank you.
DeleteI hope you and Jazz are okay! Hopefully the wrong meds weren't too bad for you!
ReplyDeleteLove all the pictures. SO many beautiful flowers and birds. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. Nice to slip away into a different season for a little while. :)
~Jess
DMS ~Jess: Fortunately, taking the wrong medication had no effect on me. It is lovely to be able to experience two seasons simultaneously through the magic of the blogosphere isn't it?
DeleteGood news on Jazz - hope you're okay, too!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the pics - those flowers are stunning. I love them in big, crowded batches too :)
Jemi Fraser: I didn't (fortunately) miss a beat after taking his medication. Fortunately I didn't give him mine. Mass plantings and splashes of colour delight me.
DeleteBeautiful flowers. I love spring.
ReplyDeleteCarol Kilgore: Thank you. So do I.
DeleteWell, I'm glad that you and Jazz are doing well now, EC! I am not a minimalist either, and I love your beautiful full garden. What are those flowers in the pictures down? They're so unusual. And your birds! ~ I get sparrows and swallows and red-winged black birds. Nothing exotic ~ but I love them all. I had Alstroemeria in my wedding bouquet, so I'm fond of them. And skies are an unending show and delight. Hugs to you!
ReplyDeleteFundy Blue: I suspect the flowers you are referring to as daisies. We have lots in a range of shapes and colours. I love our birds too - but would very much like to see your red-winged blackbirds - which definitely fall into the exotic class for me.
DeleteI loved the near-silhouette of trees and a hill you captured toward the middle of this gallery. It cuts such a different figure amid the vibrant flowers.
ReplyDeleteJohn Wiswell: Thank you. That photo (and the scene) has a subtle beauty of its own doesn't it?
DeleteJazz must've thought, "Aha, I get some relief from not taking those meds." :-D
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous garden!! How do manage to make it so lush? Oz can be so dry. Beautiful, just beautiful.
neena maiya (guyana gyal): Jazz was wrong. He STILL got his meds. And has had his morning dose today too.
DeleteWe have had a much, much wetter Spring than usual. The garden has loved it. I have loved it. Jazz has not.
Love these records of the interest/passion/obsession! Those crimson rosellas are so exotic, and absolutely gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to know how you manage to medicate Jazz? our cats are absolutely impossible :) :)
karen: I am very sure that you regularly see some birds which are exotic to me.
DeleteJazz is a very food oriented cat (mostly). Which means that we can often conceal his tablets in food and he will wolf them down. When we can't it means forcing the tablet down his unwilling throat. Which means that we bleed and he is affronted.
I am convinced that animals have emotions and show affection - I can see that every day. Your garden is beautiful, some of the plants I don't know at all. I do know and love the Peruvian lilies; so far I wasn't successful in growing them. One day...
ReplyDeleteCarola Bartz: Thank you. I also see (and appreciate) that affection. Our red peruvian lilies are almost invasive now - an invasion I welcome. The yellow ones for some reason have never done as well.
DeleteSo pleased that Jazz is doing much better now.
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are lovely such a colourful collection of flowers and birds and your skies are beautiful.
Wishing you a good weekend.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Thank you. Jazz is not out of the woods and delights in yanking my chain but he is mostly doing better. The garden, the birds and the sky all bring me joy and I am happy to share them.
DeleteA fantastic series of photos and so glad to hear the good news about Jazz, that he is doing a lot better and onward and upward Jazz :) Loved the flowers, Peruvians are my favorite since I first knew about them 46 years ago, and that color is one I haven't seen before, stunning. The birds are a joy also but the best news about Jazz. Hope you didn't feel any ill effects for taking his meds. Happy November!
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you. Fingers crossed for Jazz. He is not out of the woods but is mostly doing better. I really like the Peruvian lilies too - and that colour thrives here.
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